Dear TC-HOP Family,
I got home late last night from spending four days at IHOP-KC with three friends who hadn’t been there before. Today, I feel very blessed that God allowed this to happen, to see God’s hand move in our lives while we were there, and to experience and receive from others God’s love in a powerful way.
I’ve been writing about our personal prayer time and praying for the release of God’s glory through my inner man and through my ministry. As I pray these things and then see and experience what happened to us this past week I feel an even stronger urgency to continue pressing into the Lord with these prayers, because I want more, not just for me, but for the others the Lord brings into my life.
Today, I want to write about praying for the release of God’s glory in my circumstances, physical, financial and relational. As III John 2 says, “I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.
First, I want to pray for God’s gifts in this area. I’m praying to see God’s power and favor on all my circumstances (Ps. 91). I pray for physical health, protection and strength to fulfill my assignment in life. I pray for finances so that in this blessing I may be able to help others. I then pray for relationships, that there be unity and the Lord would remove all division, and I pray for His favor so that He would give me divine, strategic connections. As I look back over the past four days I can truly say that the Lord blessed me and the others I was with all three of these gifts.
I then pray for evidence of the Lord’s fruit in my circumstances. I pray that the blessings the Lord gives to me will result in righteousness and joy increasing in others instead of resulting in oppression or harm. We are blessed so that we can be a blessing to others. In Col. 1:10 we pray that we will bear fruit in every good work.
Finally, I pray for wisdom in my circumstances. I inquire of the Lord to know who, what, when and where related to my circumstances. I’m asking the Lord for paradigm shifts as I receive creative wisdom for my friends, family, ministry and relationships.
Seek the Lord for these things in circumstances in your life, and then see the way in which the Lord moves to answer these prayers.
Please come join us this week as we seek the Lord together at the TC-HOP.
Blessings,
Gary